Journal article
Evolution of the IBM Cloud: Enabling an enterprise cloud services ecosystem
IBM journal of research and development, v 55(6), pp 7-7:13
01 Nov 2011
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Abstract
Cloud computing is a new paradigm that is transforming the information technology (IT) industry and reshaping the way enterprise services are developed, deployed, sold, delivered, and consumed. Instead of managing complex IT systems, customers can focus on the core competence of their enterprise while obtaining all required IT functions as a service. From the perspective of a cloud provider, remaining competitive and realizing full potential of economies of scale that the cloud paradigm promises require extreme levels of standardization, automation, and optimization. This paper describes the evolution of the Common Cloud Management Platform (CCMP), a management system providing business and operations support for cloud services. We cover its initial implementation and applications, discuss the latest challenges faced when adapting enterprise solutions to the cloud, and introduce the exploratory research topics to which this work led. We address the business services aspects, including framework-based integration of the catalog, and customer and revenue management, as well as the operational aspects, including novel approaches for scalable virtual machine provisioning and adaptive workload placement optimization. We discuss architecture, design, and implementation details of key CCMP components and highlight the challenging aspects of providing such architecture while promoting scalability, modularity, and reuse.
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- Title
- Evolution of the IBM Cloud: Enabling an enterprise cloud services ecosystem
- Creators
- A. Kochut - IBM Research - Thomas J. Watson Research CenterY. Deng - IBM Research – Thomas J. Watson Research CenterM. R. Head - IBM Research - Thomas J. Watson Research CenterJ. Munson - IBM Research - Thomas J. Watson Research CenterA. Sailer - IBM Research - Thomas J. Watson Research CenterH. Shaikh - IBM Research - Thomas J. Watson Research CenterC. Tang - IBM Research - Thomas J. Watson Research CenterA. Amies - IBM Global Technol Serv Dev Lab, Beijing 100193, Peoples R ChinaM. Beaton - IBMD. Geiss - IBM Global Technol Serv Architecture, Durham, NC 27709 USAD. Herman - IBMH. Macho - IBMS. Pappe - IBMS. Peddle - IBMR. Rendahl - TriangleA. E. Tomala Reyes - IBM Global Technol Serv, New York, NY 10010 USAH. Sluiman - IBMB. Snitzer - IBM Global Technol Serv Delivery, W Chester, PA 19380 USAT. Volin - IBM Global Technol Serv, Durham, NC 27709 USAH. Wagner - IBM
- Publication Details
- IBM journal of research and development, v 55(6), pp 7-7:13
- Publisher
- Ibm Corp
- Number of pages
- 13
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- College of Computing and Informatics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000301501400007
- Other Identifier
- 991021868004404721
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- Computer Science, Hardware & Architecture
- Computer Science, Information Systems
- Computer Science, Software Engineering
- Computer Science, Theory & Methods